St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western Church.

8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection. 9. I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated. 10. I will give to priests the power to ...

emphasizes importance to devotion to the Sacred Heart. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the “Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” was the first to promulgate this devotion.

Using the heart as a powerful representation of the embodied core of human existence has biblical, and even pre-Christian roots. Pope Francis makes this exceedingly clear in what is in many ways a ...

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“Madonna and Child Enthroned” in the Marian shrine at St. Margaret-Mary Catholic Church. The likely 14th century statue was purchased from Christies Auction in London in 2021. (Photo by Jess ...